Apinae

Apinae
Female Tetraloniella sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Apidae
Subfamily:	Apinae Latreille, 1802
Tribes
Ancylaini Ancyloscelidini Anthophorini - digger bees Centridini Ctenoplectrini Emphorini Ericrocidini Eucerini - long-horned bees Exomalopsini Isepeolini Melectini Osirini Protepeolini Rhathymini Tapinotaspidini Tarsaliini Tetrapediini †Melikertini Corbiculata Shuckard, 1866 Apini - honey bees Bombini - bumblebees Euglossini - orchid bees Meliponini - stingless bees

The Apinae are the subfamily that includes the majority of bees in the family Apidae. It includes the familiar "corbiculate" (pollen basket) bees—bumblebees, honey bees, orchid bees, stingless bees, Africanized bees, and the extinct genus Euglossopteryx.^[1] It also includes all but two of the groups (excluding Nomadinae and Xylocopinae) that were previously classified in the family Anthophoridae.

Most species in the subfamily (other than honey bees, bumblebees, and stingless bees) are solitary, though several of the tribes are entirely kleptoparasitic, such as the Ericrocidini, Isepeolini, Melectini, Osirini, Protepeolini, and Rhathymini.